Encouraging children to play tennis was at the core of a four day camp at Scone Hardcourt Tennis Courts last week.
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The clinic ran from Monday to Thursday with 22 children enjoying the autumn sport in the sun.
Professional tennis coach Dean Trembath visited the area again from his home base in Sydney where he is a full time coach.
With 27 years coaching experience behind him and having coached at a full time academy in India, Trembath is a draw card for local youngsters to learn the techniques of the game.
Tembath visits Scone three times a year to provide a camp, however this camp was dominated mainly by younger children aged from four through to 12 years.
Basic techniques of all strokes such as forehand, backhand and volley were the focus, as well as teaching the youngsters about scoring a game, positional play and tactics.
Trembath was fortunate to have the assistance of locals that he also coached in Lily Cole and Adam Watts.
The predominantly game based training was capped off on Thursday with Tennis Olympics where two teams competed for the title of Olympic champions.
Prizes were awarded for the best performed players, most improved, best behaved, best all-rounder and camp champion, with some of the prizes including Babolat racquets.
Trembath said the main objective of the camp was to encourage kids to play tennis by teaching them the basics of the game and instilling the love of tennis in them so that they will continue playing into adulthood.
“It’s all about trying to keep tennis going and they have all had a ball, which is great,” he said.